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The Randall Cattle Registry, Inc., The Rare Breed Formerly Known As Randall Lineback Cattle.
Historically, the most suitable and natural environment for these cattle has been on small scale forage-based farms, subsistence farms, and homesteads. It is on such farms and homesteads that the unique ...
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Living Routes - Sirius: Permaculture at Sirius
Check out the student weblogs » Browse the photo gallery » Highlights Visit urban farms, Community-Supported Agricultural (CSA) projects, Eco-homesteads. Learn about green and ... site visits to farms and homesteads, and hands-on projects in several locations. The course contains assignments in reading, writing, design work, portfolio and assessment. Get ...
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WELL - Resource Centre Network for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health
Australia, rainwater was often the primary water source for drinking water. In all three continents it continues to be an important water source for isolated homesteads and farms. Collection and storage for agricultural use has equally been widely practised for thousands of years. "Dying Wisdom: Rise, fall and potential of India's ...
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The E. F. Schumacher Society • Newsletters
North Gulfport and Turkey Creek communities were purchased and settled by freed slaves in 1866 and quickly grew into vibrant, self-sufficient neighborhoods made up of farms and small homesteads, surrounded by ... remained affordable to traditional African-American families, while maintaining the historic nature and scale of buildings, and protecting wetlands. It was a big undertaking. After the wrath ...
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Report on invasive plant species in Niue
Cecropia obtusifolia and C. peltata are invasive tree species that are a problem in Hawai‘i and French Polynesia, respectively ... if they have been in forests as well as farms. This would then alert quarantine officers to inspect boots and other clothing for soil and seeds. New Zealand uses this language on its ...
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Being In Season:
The four-lane road abuts farms and fields that sustain themselves with the breading and boarding of dairy cows and horses, the sowing and harvesting of Echinacea and corn. The creeping boarders of ... hit by avalanches or flooded by the river and now lay in irreparable shambles. Every few miles there are antiquated abandoned homesteads that once housed the first appropriators of this ...
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Environment Probe
Faded and perished, as a plant will die With water banished from its roots and leaves; And men sat starving in their treeless waste Beside their treeless farms and empty marts, And wondered at ... Grant and Homesteads Act of 1868 created a "use-it- or-lose-it" regime in pine trees. The government allowed settlers to cut pine while clearing and fencing their land and building homes and barns ...
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Land Use: Why Plan? - Open Spaces Magazine
His strength was needed to carve out the homesteads of the West and ... and do not understand to what degree the farms and forests and open spaces they enjoy are due to his and others' attempts to plan for the future and ...
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Subsided Ground
Longwall mining also damages entire watersheds, depriving the land and its occupants of springs, streams, ponds and wells, creating an environmental disaster of local and ... longwall subsidence damage to their historic homesteads. This documentary was written and directed by Emmy award winning journalist Terri Taylor and produced by the Raymond Proffitt Foundation, ...
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Everglades Florida
Many inhabitants of the outlying islands were forced to abandon their homesteads. The ... , is still home to fishermen, with a few motels and a resort having been added for park visitors. Although the tiny cane farms and fishing shanties are gone, both areas maintain the tranquil ...
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